wer-stede
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A weir-stead, place where thsre is a weir Of ðam wege on ða eá, and se werstede be súðan hreódbricge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 105, 11
wer-þeód
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a people, nation; pl. nations, men Wé ðé freóndlíce on ðisse werþeóde wíc getǽhton, Cd. Th. 162, 26; Gen. 2687: Elen. Kmbl. 1283; El. 643. On ðære werþeóde, Andr. Kmbl. 273; An. 137. Ðú ðás werðeóde gesóhtest, Cd. Th. 149, 21; Gen. 2478: 171, 2; Gen.
wer-tihtle
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
Linked entry: tihtle
wíc-weg
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The road to a wíc (q. v.) Tó ðæm midlestan wíc-wege; ondlong ðæs weges eft tó ceastergeate, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 260, 11. Cf. wíc-herpaþ
ciric-weg
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Road to a church Tó þám cyricwege, C. D. iv. 36, 10
eorþ-weg
the earth
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the earth Worulde kyningas þá on eorðwege ealle syndan omnes reges terrae, Ps. Th. 71, 11. Wutun symbeldagas Drihtnes on eorðwege ealle tówurpan comprimamus omnes dies festos Domini a terra, 73, 8. On eorðwege, úp on heofenum in caelo et in terra, 112
feor-weg
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gird-weg
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Take here <b>gyrd-weg</b> in Dict., and add: A road made with faggots(?) Of fearnhege an gerdwege; of gerdwege tó fíf ácan, C. D. iii. 54, 27. Cf. beám-weg
healf-weg
Half-way
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Half-way, a point equidistant from two extremes Ægelríc æt healfwege, C. D. iv. 234, 3
hege-weg
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A road that runs between hedges: Andlang heges on ðane brádan hegewai, C. D. iii. 380, 13
hwæl-weg
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The path of the whale, the ocean Hweteð on [h]wælweg hreðer unwearnum, Seef. 63
hors-weg
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On horsweg; of horswege innan gátánstíge, C. D. B. i. 417, 12. Add
hweól-weg
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A cart-road On hweogelweg, C. D. iii. 386, 4
mylen-weg
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a road to a mill Andlang ðæs mylanweges on þone Lundenweg, C. D. vi. 31, 29
port-weg
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A road to a town, a highway Tó ðæn portwege, C. D. vi. 8, 31. [v. N. E. D. port-way.] Cf. port-herpaþ, -strǽt
sǽ-wer
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(?) a weir of some kind Ðæt mynster æt Wíc, and seó híd ðæ ðǽrtó líð, and .vi. æceras and se íggað æt portes bricge and (mid?) healfe sǽwære and se mylnstede æt Mannæs bricge, C. D. iv. 96, 4. v. wer [where the instances given under (especially C. D.
styfic-weg
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a road made by clearing away tree-stumps (?) Tó ðám fúlan wege, sé hátte stificweg (cf. stifincweg, iv. 66, 24), C. D. iii. 409, 13. Andlang stifigweges, v. 321, 28
syl-weg
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Add: a road made with logs (? cf. syll)